ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,349, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Methods for characterizing protein complexes" was invented by Nina Liu (Chappaqua, N.Y.), Michael Rosconi (New City, N.Y.) and Erica Pyles (New City, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for characterizing protein complexes formed between protein drug products and soluble ligands are provided herein. The disclosed methods can determine the size, heterogeneity, and conformation of protein complexes."

The patent was filed on July 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/218,957.

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